General Question

Is it possible to have Seasonal Affective Disorder for spring and summer?

I have no problem with fall and winter. I like tons of snow, and cold weather, so those seasons don’t depress me. Winter is my favorite season.
Spring has just sent me into a kind of depressed state, and I don’t know why. I don’t like hot weather, but that can’t be the only reason.
Is it possible to have SAD in reverse?

The best way to cope with S.A.D. is to prevent it. If you can, keep a log on your calendar of symptoms. I begin the light therapy for my son a good week prior to a seasonal change. We use the drops all year now.

Other tips:

*Try your best to get out for a 10 minute walk (without a hat or sunscreen) daily between the hours of 10am-3pm.

One thing that’s helped me to deal with the heat here is to escape it by going to the west coast, especially the Pacific Northwest.

I’ve spent a few summers in Vancouver, BC and the Alaskan coast.

Last summer we stayed overnight in Phoenix on the way back from NO, LA.
The nocturnal low temp was a horrid 93º.
The next day it was 113º there and it was 73º when we got back to Los Angeles: it was Vancouver by comparison. ;-)

Add me to the list of people who prefer fall and winter. I don’t think it is unusual for people who suffer from depression to prefer darkness. The combination of the heat, humidity and glaring sunlight of summer definitely gets me down. I heard that Seattle has a large number of people with depression, so here is a question to ponder. Does the constant rain make people depressed or does it attract people who are already depressed?